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is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of California,
Riverside. Originally from Russia, she received her A.B., summa cum
laude, from Harvard University in 1989 and her Ph.D. in Psychology
from Stanford University in 1994. Honors include the Stanford Centennial
Teaching Assistant Award, an NIMH National Research Service Award,
an NSF Graduate Fellowship, a Jacob Javits Foundation Pre-Doctoral
Fellowship, the Thomas T. Hoopes Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Work,
and the Harvard Faculty Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis. Lyubomirsky
currently teaches courses in social psychology and positive psychology
and is Director of the Psychology Undergraduate Honors Program at
UC Riverside. Her teaching and mentoring of students have recently
been recognized with the Faculty of the Year and Faculty Mentor of
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Positive Psychology and the
Pursuit of Happiness
Wednesday-Sunday March
31-April 4, 2004
Thurman J. White Forum Conference Center (OCCE)
University of Oklahoma, Norman Campus
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This class will focus
on the emerging field of positive psychology, which is the scientific
study of optimal human functioning. It represents a commitment
on the part of research psychologists to focus attention on the
sources of psychological wellness and on what makes a life worth
living. The seminar will explore such questions as: What are the
methods of positive psychology? What are positive emotions and
do they have evolutionary benefits? What is happiness and how
is it measured? Is happiness a good thing, or does it simply feel
good? Why are some people happier than others? Is it possible
to sustainably increase personal happiness? What are the human
strengths and virtues and can they be measured? How does one nurture
such strengths as optimism, awe, gratitude, generosity, and forgiveness?
This class has been approved for “Social Science”
gen ed credit by the OU Gen Ed committee.
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The Class Reading List: (These books and articles supplied
by OSLEP)
* Authentic
Happiness by Seligman, M. E. P. (2003). New York: Free
Press.
* Reading Packet
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